‘The End of the Fossil Fuel Age’? Discourse Politics and Climate Change Political Economy

Paterson, Matthew

doi:10.1080/13563467.2020.1810218

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“…In this backward‐looking story, we imagined how a possible future Germany could look like, that achieved its net‐zero CO 2 emissions goal in the year 2050. Our fictional future focuses strongly on technological achievements rather than rapid societal transformations based on behavioral changes at the individual and collective level (e.g., animal husbandry, consumption, travel), or far‐reaching international compensation (Anderson et al., 2020; Kuhnhenn et al., 2020; Larkin et al., 2018; Paterson, 2020; Van Vuuren et al., 2018). Instead, we include ambitious transformations in the energy and industry sectors, in infrastructure for RE carriers as well as substantial changes in land‐use and agricultural practices including peatland rewetting, as measures to reduce our gross positive CO 2 emissions by over 90%.…”

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Net‐Zero CO₂ Germany—A Retrospect From the Year 2050

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Let's take a look at a possible future Germany that has reached its net-zero CO 2 emissions goal by 2050. What are the measures that have contributed to reaching this net-zero system? And what kind of implementation efforts are associated with this portfolio of measures?In this perspective, we outline how a carbon-neutral system for Germany in 2050 could look like, following three strategies of avoiding, reducing, and removing CO 2 emissions. We envision a net-zero-2050 Germany by combining analysis from an energy system model with insights into approaches that allow for a higher carbon circularity in the German system, and first results from assessments of national carbon dioxide removal (CDR) potentials.

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Net‐Zero CO₂ Germany—A Retrospect From the Year 2050

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“…Dels skyldes det også at Parisavtalen åpner for at landene selv definerer sine egne klimamål. Til sammen har disse utviklingstrekkene ført til økende diskusjon om behovet for å begrense ikke bare forbruket, men også produksjonen av fossil energi (Bang & Lahn, 2019;Paterson, 2021).…”

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Klimaklubbkvaler

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Lahn

�verland

2022

Internasjonal Politikk

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Norges internasjonale klimapolitikk har alltid hatt som målsetting å oppnå et mest mulig enhetlig globalt klimaregime. Parisavtalen reflekterer i stedet -og bidrar til å forsterke -et fragmentert klimaregime med et mylder av nye samarbeidsformer mellom land. I denne artikkelen trekker vi frem tre trender som preger det nye klimaregimet: et skifte fra klima-til grønn industripolitikk; økende spenning mellom klima-og handelspolitikk; og tettere sammenkobling mellom klima-og petroleumspolitikk. Vi viser hvordan nye klimaklubber både lager nye spilleregler og oppstår som motsvar til disse. Vi ønsker med dette å vise hvordan et fragmentert klimaregime fører til nye rammevilkår og utfordringer for norsk klimapolitikk. Klimaklubbkvalene omfatter både problemstillinger knyttet til hvem Norge skal samarbeide med og hvordan slikt samarbeid skal formaliseres, men også konsekvensene av å samarbeide med noen fremfor andre.Nøkkelord: klimaregime • fragmentering • klimaklubber • klimapolitikk • Norge

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“…A Carbon Emissions Tax is levied on the emitted CO 2 or CO 2 e (carbon dioxide equivalent—see e.g., Lohman, 2012 ) allocated to the emitter (i.e., fossil fuel consumers), also known as a Pigouvian tax (e.g., Cairns, 2018 ; Paterson, 2020 ). It assumes that market failure externalized the “‘real’ costs of [greenhouse gas] emissions and thus intervention is needed to ‘internalise’ these costs” (Paterson, 2020 , p. 5). A Tax on Imported Fossil Fuels raises the price and decreases the demand for fossil fuels (e.g., Lazarus & van Asselt, 2018 ; York & Bell, 2019 ).…”

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“…Many have praised the fossil fuel divestment movement (FFDM) for “successfully” accruing tens of trillions of dollars in pledged divestments from fossil firms (e.g., Healy & Barry, 2017 ; Paterson, 2020 ). The movement has successfully stigmatized the industry, questioned the legitimacy of fossil fuel investments (Healy & Barry, 2017 ; Piggot, 2018 ), and has “contributed” to climate action “through moral activism” (Gaulin & Le Billon, 2020 , p. 895).…”

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Equitable, effective, and feasible approaches for a prospective fossil fuel transition

Rempel

Gupta

2021

WIREs Climate Change

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Most fossil fuel resources must remain unused to comply with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Scholars and policymakers debate which approaches should be undertaken to Leave Fossil Fuels Underground (LFFU). However, existing scholarship has not yet inventoried and evaluated the array of approaches to LFFU based on their effectiveness, equity, or feasibility. Hence, this review article asks: What lessons can we learn from reviewing scholarship on proposed approaches to leaving fossil fuels underground (LFFU)? We identify 28 unique LFFU approaches, of which only 12 are deemed environmentally effective (e.g., fossil fuel extraction taxes, bans and moratoria, and financial swaps); eight involve moderate‐to‐high (non‐)monetary costs, and only four are deemed entirely just and equitable. Of the 12 environmentally effective approaches: only three were deemed cost‐effective (regulating financial capital for fossil fuel projects, removing existing fossil fuel subsidies, and bans & moratoria); merely four were deemed equitable (asset write‐offs, retiring existing fossil infrastructure, pursuing court cases/litigation, and financial swaps); and all were deemed institutionally problematic in terms of their feasibility (six were challenging to implement as they threatened the vested interests of powerful stakeholder groups). Moreover, the reviewed scholarship draws heavily on empirical studies of how these LFFU approaches can be optimized in European, North American, and Chinese contexts; fewer studies have explored the effectiveness and fairness of LFFU approaches in the South and/or in a North–South context. Future research should particularly focus on North–South fossil fuel financial flows, which have received comparatively little attention. This article is categorized under: The Carbon Economy and Climate Mitigation > Decarbonizing Energy and/or Reducing Demand

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‘The End of the Fossil Fuel Age’? Discourse Politics and Climate Change Political Economy

Abstract: SS-03 'The end of the fossil fuel age'? Discourse politics and climate change political economyPaper for New Political Economy special section 'the politics of green transformation'

Cited by 44 publications

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Net‐Zero CO₂ Germany—A Retrospect From the Year 2050

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‘The End of the Fossil Fuel Age’? Discourse Politics and Climate Change Political Economy

Abstract: SS-03 'The end of the fossil fuel age'? Discourse politics and climate change political economyPaper for New Political Economy special section 'the politics of green transformation'

Cited by 44 publications

References 52 publications

Net‐Zero CO2 Germany—A Retrospect From the Year 2050

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